H26.188

Picture, watercolor of Adeline station in 1867. Painted by William Keith. Exhibition Label: "Scene in Oakland", Oakland Museum of California March 9 - August 25, 2002 24. William Keith (1838-1887) Southern Pacific Depot, 7th & Adeline Streets, 1867 Watercolor on paper Gift of Mrs. Nancy Crane Hussey Scottish born William Keith's reputation as California's most prominent painter of grand Sierra Nevada landscapes began small with his illustrative work as a commercial wood engraver in San Francisco. Keith was living in Oakland in 1867 when he produced a number of watercolors depicting East Bay scenes that included this rural looking view of passengers waiting at a small station house on the 7th Street rail line leading to Oakland's waterfront on San Francisco Bay.